Safe

Ben & jerry's, ice cream, red velvet cake

by Ben & Jerry's

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0076840128358 · Ben & Jerry's · Desserts. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0076840128358 · Serving size 1/2 cup (102 g)

The verdict

Ben & jerry's, ice cream, red velvet cake by Ben & Jerry's scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 32 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 32-component record, beginning with Cream, Skim Milk, Water. That density can include amounts and label fragments, so verify the physical label before relying on ingredient order or completeness. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

95/100
Safe safety score
1
One flagged · of 32 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
D
Nutri-Score nutrition grade

Computed directly from OpenFoodFacts ingredient data cross-referenced with FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings. See our methodology for the scoring formula.

Composite profile score

One verdict from three independent sources

60/100

Grade C+

Ingredient Safety

95/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

D

Nutri-Score front-of-pack nutrition grade

Weighted 50% ingredient safety / 25% processing level / 25% nutrition grade. A dimension with no data for this product (common: source coverage is partial) is dropped and its weight redistributes across the remaining dimensions, so missing data never silently lowers the score. See the full benchmark table.

40128358 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Ben & jerry's, ice cream, red velvet cake label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 32 ing. REG-SPARSE 25% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 17% LEAD-FLAG Carrageenan PHOTO-FINISH Chocolate & fudge · ±0 BOOK-OFF …128358 · July 2026

8 of 32 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Carrageenan). Source sheet 40128358 · Open Food Facts · July 2026. The screening score and flag counts are in the verdict band above. This desk is the provenance stamp, not a second scorecard. Methodology · Read with nearest score peer: Chocolate & fudge Swirl · Nearest score peer is Chocolate & fudge Swirl at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

How Nutri-Score, NOVA, and list length read this record

Within the four-tier shelf-label framework this site publishes, the composite for this product falls in the highest band. That band is defined by a threshold on the derived score alone: it is where labels land once components carrying caution-or-worse registry ratings contribute little or nothing to the deduction. The band is a summary of what the screened registries return for the components that were parsed, so it inherits their coverage gaps — a component absent from both registries neither raises nor lowers the figure. The threshold and the weighting behind it are set out on the methodology page.

This label falls in the fourth Nutri-Score band. The model arrives there when its penalty terms — energy density, sugars, saturated fat, sodium — carry more weight in the calculation than the fibre, protein and produce content it credits. The band covers a wide span of the points scale, so position within it is not visible from the letter alone. The grade reflects the declared nutrition panel and is unrelated to the additive ratings listed below, which come from different bodies applying different criteria.

This label parsed into a long component list. Where many entries are screened at once, the composite tends to reflect the overall mix of registry ratings returned rather than the rating of any one entry. Longer declarations also carry more sub-listed and compound entries, where a parenthetical group is resolved into its parts, so the parsed count can exceed what a reader counts on the packaging.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Ben & jerry's, ice cream, red velvet cake: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Ben & jerry's, ice cream,…95/1002. Chocolate & fudge Swirl: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Chocolate & fudge Swirl95/1003. Salted Caramel: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Salted Caramel95/1004. Ice Cream, That'S My Jam: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Ice Cream, That'S My Jam95/1005. Brownie Batter: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Brownie Batter95/100
High-band neighbours for Ben & jerry's, ice cream, red velvet cake (95/100) outside Ben & Jerry's.
Chart values as text

Unit: PlainFoodSafe screening score out of 100. Data current as of July 2026.

Ben & jerry's, ice cream, red velvet cake
95/100
Chocolate & fudge Swirl
95/100
Salted Caramel
95/100
Ice Cream, That'S My Jam
95/100
Brownie Batter
95/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 24,982 products we've scored in the Frozen foods category, the average safety score is 92.9/100. Ben & jerry's, ice cream, red velvet cake scores 2.1 points above that category average (95/100 vs. 92.9/100), so it is roughly typical for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Desserts products

Ben & jerry's, ice cream, red velvet cake lists 32 ingredients on its label

32 83rd percentile a longer ingredient list than 83% of the 11,156 products we track

0–2: 2 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 14 products (0%). Below this entry. 4–6: 181 products (2%). Below this entry. 6–8: 461 products (4%). Below this entry. 8–10: 573 products (5%). Below this entry. 10–12: 828 products (7%). Below this entry. 12–14: 954 products (9%). Below this entry. 14–16: 1,026 products (9%). Below this entry. 16–18: 970 products (9%). Below this entry. 18–20: 842 products (8%). Below this entry. 20–22: 774 products (7%). Below this entry. 22–24: 666 products (6%). Below this entry. 24–26: 590 products (5%). Below this entry. 26–28: 542 products (5%). Below this entry. 28–30: 439 products (4%). Below this entry. 30–32: 422 products (4%). Below this entry. 32–34: 346 products (3%). This entry sits in this band. 34–36: 312 products (3%). Above this entry. 36–38: 249 products (2%). Above this entry. 38–40: 211 products (2%). Above this entry. 40–42: 754 products (7%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Desserts product, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more products. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Distribution as text

11,156 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 32 (83rd percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
2 products (0%)
2–4
14 products (0%)
4–6
181 products (2%)
6–8
461 products (4%)
8–10
573 products (5%)
10–12
828 products (7%)
12–14
954 products (9%)
14–16
1,026 products (9%)
16–18
970 products (9%)
18–20
842 products (8%)
20–22
774 products (7%)
22–24
666 products (6%)
24–26
590 products (5%)
26–28
542 products (5%)
28–30
439 products (4%)
30–32
422 products (4%)
32–34
346 products (3%)
34–36
312 products (3%)
36–38
249 products (2%)
38–40
211 products (2%)
40 and above
754 products (7%)

Source Open Food Facts, product label ingredient lists · July 2026

Ingredient-list length is a descriptive property of the label, not a safety rating. A longer list is not automatically worse and a shorter one is not automatically better; the count is shown so the label can be placed against a comparable population. The comparison here runs against the 11,156 Desserts products we publish with a parsed label, not against the whole catalogue, because list length varies far more between categories than within one.

Ingredient Safety Analysis

How the 95/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 32 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Cream
2
Skim Milk
3
Water
4
Liquid Sugar
5
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
6
Corn Syrup
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, TEXTURIZER
Cut Back GRAS
7
Dried Cane Syrup
8
Dried Cream Cheese
9
Pasteurized Milk
10
Cheese Cultures
11
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
12
Carob Bean Gum
13
Guar Gum
14
Wheat Flour
15
Egg Yolks
16
Butter
17
Coconut Oil
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Listed
18
Eggs
19
Buttermilk
20
Baking Powder
21
Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, FORMULATION AID, LEAVENING AGENT, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, SEQUESTRANT
GRAS
22
Sodium Bicarbonate
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
GRAS
23
Corn Starch
24
Monocalcium Phosphate
25
Rice Protein
26
Vanilla Extract
27
Vegetable And Fruit Juice Concentrates
28
Color
29
Natural Flavors
30
Dried Vinegar
31
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
32
Carrageenan
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
Caution GRAS

Full Ingredient List

Cream, skim milk, water, liquid sugar (sugar, water), corn syrup, dried cane syrup, cream cheese (pasteurized milk, cream, cheese cultures, salt, carob bean gum, guar gum), wheat flour, egg yolks, sugar, butter (cream, salt), coconut oil, eggs, buttermilk, salt, baking powder (sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium bicarbonate, corn starch, monocalcium phosphate), rice protein, vanilla extract, vegetable and fruit juice concentrates (color), natural flavors, guar gum, vinegar, lactic acid, carrageenan.

Categories

Desserts Frozen foods Frozen desserts

High-score cross-brand comparables for Ben & jerry's, ice cream, red velvet cake

Neighbours outside Ben & Jerry's with screening scores in the same high band as Ben & jerry's, ice cream, red velvet cake (95/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Ben & Jerry's; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Carrageenan is the first flagged ingredient selected from Ben & jerry's, ice cream, red velvet cake's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 32-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Carrageenan. Open Carrageenan
  • Compare Ben & jerry's, ice cream, red velvet cake's 1 flagged ingredients with a product from the same score neighbourhood. Compare labels
  • Check how caution flags contribute to the derived screening score before drawing a dietary conclusion. Read the method

This page describes published ingredient-list and source coverage. It is not dietary or medical advice.

Barcode 0076840128358: product data from Open Food Facts (July 2026). Screening from FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine where attached. Figures are computed from those sources, not editor-typed. Methodology. Reference only, not dietary or medical advice.